LEADERSHIP
Board of Directors
A group of passionate individuals, committed to providing relief and hope for digestive diseases patients and their families.
Kathryn Karmin Shafer
President
Principal, Shafer Crowe Kueck Architecture + Design
Yekaterina Chudnovsky*
Chairperson
Attorney, Executive
Howard A. Grill*
Vice President of Finance/Treasurer
CFO, The Alter Group
Brad Peterson
Secretary
Exec. Vice Pres., Guaranteed Rate
Mark A. Waldeck
VP of Development
Office President, CRC Group – Chicago
Biana Lanson, MD
VP of Research Grantmaking
Partner, Ear, Nose & Throat Center, LLC
Shelby Katz
VP of Marketing & Communications
Patient & Communications Professional
Scott Attar
AMP Outdoor Billboard Advertising
Eric Berlin*
Partner, Dentons US LLP
Michael Cogan
Founding Partner, Cogan & Power, P.C.
Russell D. Cohen, MD
University of Chicago Medicine
Steven R. Davidson*
Partner, Denton’s
Jeffrey A. Fine
Of Counsel, Kirkland and Ellis, LLP
Danny Goldberg
Emerging Leaders Council, President
Cook County States Attorney
Kelly Goldberg
Adjunct Faculty, DePaul University and City Colleges
Peter D. Goldman
President, Reed-Union Corporation
Heidi Henderson
Market Sales Mgr., Wells Fargo Advisors
Karyn Hurwich
Real Estate Professional
Matthew Lebenson
Director, Live Chat, Inc.
Jeffrey Nathanson, MD
Partner, Comprehensive Gastro. Health
Benjamin S. Riback
Managing Director, William Blair
Audrey Rubin
President, Rubin Solutions
David A. Rubin
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